Vitiligo made famous by model Winnie Harlow and late entertainer Michael Jackson, affects one in 200 people and is currently incurable.
The research, led by Indian researchers comes after Prince Charles and Boots the chemist were criticised for promoting alternative medicine.
Researchers at the Centre for Classical Homeopathy in Bangalore led the trial of the alternative complementary medicine, taken by 200 million people worldwide.
The vitiligo patients given homeopathy – which works on the basis of ‘like cures like’ – included 13 women and one man.
The patients were followed up after 58 months, on average, suggesting they could have resorted to other methods to help treat the condition.
Skin camouflage creams, light therapy and medication are available in the UK, but it unsure what provision for the condition exists in India.
The findings, which showed that homeopathy had a positive effect on all 14 patients, were published in the American Journal of Case Reports.
